Calendar of Events

Congregation Etz Chayim

Sun	Mon	Tues	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
29Kislev 28 Chanukah 12:30pm Run for Their Lives (Parking Lot) 3:00pm Spark Church (Beyt Knesset) 3:30pm Spark Event (Library) 6:00pm Hanukkah Candle Lighting (Zoom only)	30Kislev 29 Chanukah 6:00pm Hanukkah Candle Lighting (Zoom only)	31Kislev 30 Chanukah Rosh Chodesh Tevet 10:30am Program Staff Meeting 12:30pm Staff Meeting 6:00pm Hanukkah Candle Lighting (Zoom only)	1Tevet 1 Chanukah Rosh Chodesh Tevet New Year's Day OFFICE CLOSED 5:00pm Flametacular	2Tevet 2 Chanukah 12:00pm OA Meeting (Room 12) 7:30pm Nirkoda Israeli Dance (Beyt Knesset)	3Tevet 3 4:45pm Candle Lighting 7:30pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service	4Tevet 4 Vayigash 9:00am Torah Study (Library & online) 10:15am Shabbat Morning Service 5:54pm Havdalah
5Tevet 5 9:30am Gesher 9:30am Midor 9:30am Shorashim 9:30am Z'raim 10:00am Men's Group Sunday Brunch (Library) 3:00pm Spark Church (Beyt Knesset) 3:30pm Spark Event (Library)	6Tevet 6 10:30am Mah Jongg (Double Tree) 5:00pm Theater Games (Double Tree)	7Tevet 7 10:30am Program Staff Meeting 12:30pm Staff Meeting 4:30pm Theater Games (Library) 4:45pm Theater Games (Double Tree) 6:45pm Tuesday Night Tango (Beyt Knesset) 7:15pm Fifth Friday Practices (Double Tree)	8Tevet 8 4:00pm Shorashim 5:00pm Theater Games (SPARK Room 23) 6:15pm Gesher 6:15pm Hineni 6:30pm Theater Games (Room 23)	9Tevet 9 12:00pm OA Meeting (Room 12) 4:30pm Theater Games (Library) 4:45pm Theater Games (Double Tree) 7:30pm Nirkoda Israeli Dance (Beyt Knesset)	10Tevet 10 4:51pm Candle Lighting 7:30pm Sulam Shabbat Service Honoring Aviv Siegel	11Tevet 11 Vayechi 9:00am Torah Study (Library & online) 10:15am Shabbat Mishpacha Service and Honey Naming Ceremony 6:00pm Havdalah
12Tevet 12 9:30am Gesher 9:30am Midor 9:30am Shorashim 9:30am Mishpacha Day- 2nd & 3rd Grade (Room 11 & BK) 10:00am ETZ Talk: Modern Art with a Jewish Soul (online only) 11:00am Volunteer Sustainability Meeting (Room 21) 12:30pm Teen Chai 11th and 12th Graders (Room 12) 3:00pm Spark Church (Beyt Knesset) 3:30pm Spark Event (Library)	13Tevet 13 5:00pm Theater Games (Double Tree) 7:00pm Journeys through Talmudic Stories (Library or online)	14Tevet 14 10:00am How to Be a Friend to a Friend who is… ill, facing loss, dying, unemployed, mourning (In person at Kol Emeth) 10:30am Program Staff Meeting 12:30pm Staff Meeting 4:30pm Theater Games (Library) 4:45pm Theater Games (Double Tree) 6:45pm Tuesday Night Tango (Beyt Knesset) 7:00pm EIAI BBG (Room 18) 7:00pm SiWi AZA (Room 12) 7:15pm Fifth Friday Practices (Double Tree) 7:15pm Adult Bar/t Mitzvah Core Learning (Library)	15Tevet 15 4:00pm Shorashim 5:00pm Theater Games (SPARK Room 23) 6:15pm Gesher 6:15pm Hineni 6:30pm Theater Games (Room 23) 7:00pm Tech2Peace – Where Peacemaking and Technology Meet (Library & Zoom)	16Tevet 16 12:00pm OA Meeting (Room 12) 4:30pm Theater Games (Library) 4:45pm Theater Games (Double Tree) 7:30pm Nirkoda Israeli Dance (Beyt Knesset) 7:30pm Etz Men's Retreat Meeting (Room 21)	17Tevet 17 4:58pm Candle Lighting 7:30pm Member-led Shabbat Service	18Tevet 18 Shemot 9:00am Torah Study (Library & online) 10:15am Member-led Shabbat Service 6:08pm Havdalah
19Tevet 19 9:30am Pardes Winter Learning Seminar (Library) 10:00am Etz Chayim Annual Community Service Day (Beyt Knesset) 3:00pm Spark Church (Beyt Knesset) 3:30pm Spark Event (Library) 7:00pm Fifth Friday Practices (Beyt Knesset)	20Tevet 20 MLK Day Office Closed 9:30am Pardes Winter Learning Seminar (Library)	21Tevet 21 9:30am Pardes Winter Learning Seminar (Library) 3:30pm Staff Meeting 4:30pm Theater Games (Library) 4:45pm Theater Games (Double Tree) 6:45pm Tuesday Night Tango (Beyt Knesset) 7:15pm Adult Bar/t Mitzvah Hebrew Learning (Room 23)	22Tevet 22 4:00pm Shorashim 5:00pm Theater Games (SPARK Room 23) 6:15pm Gesher 6:15pm Hineni 6:30pm Theater Games (Room 23) 7:00pm Fifth Friday Practices (Beyt Knesset)	23Tevet 23 12:00pm OA Meeting (Room 12) 4:30pm Theater Games (Library) 4:45pm Theater Games (Double Tree) 7:30pm Nirkoda Israeli Dance (Beyt Knesset)	24Tevet 24 11:00am Funeral for Brody Giles 5:06pm Candle Lighting 7:30pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service	25Tevet 25 Vaera 9:00am Torah Study (Library & online) 10:15am Contemplative Shabbat Service 6:15pm Havdalah 7:30pm The Braid Theater: The Traveler's Prayer (Kol Emeth)
26Tevet 26 9:30am Gesher 9:30am Midor 9:30am Shorashim 9:30am Z'raim 10:00am ETZ Talk - The Madwoman in the Rabbi’s Attic: Rereading the Women of the Talmud (Online Only) 12:30pm Teen Chai 11th and 12th Graders (Room 12) 3:00pm Spark Church (Beyt Knesset) 3:30pm Spark Event (Library) 7:00pm Board Meeting (Library)	27Tevet 27 5:00pm Theater Games (Double Tree) 7:00pm Journeys through Talmudic Stories (Library or online)	28Tevet 28 10:30am Program Staff Meeting 11:00am BBYO Meeting (Room 11) 12:30pm Staff Meeting 4:30pm Theater Games (Library) 4:45pm Theater Games (Double Tree) 6:45pm Tuesday Night Tango (Beyt Knesset) 7:00pm EIAI BBG (Room 18) 7:00pm SiWi AZA (Room 12) 7:15pm Adult Bar/t Mitzvah Core Learning (Library) 7:30pm Financial Sustainability Team Meeting (Room 11)	29Tevet 29 4:00pm Shorashim 5:00pm Theater Games (SPARK Room 23) 6:15pm Gesher 6:15pm Hineni 6:30pm Theater Games (Room 23) 6:45pm Fifth Friday Final Practice (Beyt Knesset)	30Shevat 1 Rosh Chodesh Shevat 12:00pm OA Meeting (Room 12) 4:30pm Theater Games (Library) 4:45pm Theater Games (Double Tree) 7:30pm Nirkoda Israeli Dance (Beyt Knesset)	31Shevat 2 5:14pm Candle Lighting 7:30pm Fifth Friday Shabbat Service	1Shevat 3 Bo 9:00am Torah Study (Library & online) 10:15am Shabbat Morning Service 6:23pm Havdalah 6:30pm Bar/t Mitzvah Family Class Havdalah Event

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Sunday, December 29, 2024 • 28 Kislev 5785

Chanukah

12:30pm

1:30pm

Run for Their Lives (Parking Lot)

Run for Their Lives is a global movement founded by Israelis in the Bay Area. Their mission is to raise awareness for the hostages held in Gaza. Each week, groups worldwide come together for family-friendly walks or runs lasting 18 (ח"י) minutes. Participants wear red shirts and carry flags representing the 28 nationalities of the hostages. So far there are 70+ groups across the globe, with new ones joining daily. Our Palo Alto group walks every Sunday at 12:30pm. People can join the silent WhatsApp group for location updates and to participate: https://chat.whatsapp.com/BeEgTk1MGlcDTJb6f5DqLX.

3:00pm

7:00pm

Spark Church (Beyt Knesset)

3:30pm

6:30pm

Spark Event (Library)

6:00pm

6:30pm

Hanukkah Candle Lighting (Zoom only)

Starting December 25th, join us every day at 6:00 PM to light the Hanukkah candles with your Etz community. Please note: There will be no Zoom candle lighting on December 27 (Shabbat) and January 1 (Flametacular).

Monday, December 30, 2024 • 29 Kislev 5785

Chanukah

6:00pm

6:30pm

Hanukkah Candle Lighting (Zoom only)

Tuesday, December 31, 2024 • 30 Kislev 5785

Chanukah

Rosh Chodesh Tevet

10:30am

12:00pm

Program Staff Meeting

12:30pm

2:00pm

Staff Meeting

6:00pm

6:30pm

Hanukkah Candle Lighting (Zoom only)

Wednesday, January 1, 2025 • 1 Tevet 5785

Chanukah

Rosh Chodesh Tevet

All

Day

New Year's Day

All

Day

OFFICE CLOSED

5:00pm

8:30pm

Flametacular

Dinner at 5:00 pm. Candlelighting and singing at 6:00pm Bring your menorah and candles to join in a group lighting. Enjoy a falafel dinner, singing, dreidel games, donuts and home-baked gourmet cookies, and cookie decorating for the kids. Fun for all ages! Due to construction, all festivities will be held inside. Please limit yourself to one hanukkiah per household.

Thursday, January 2, 2025 • 2 Tevet 5785

Chanukah

12:00pm

1:00pm

OA Meeting (Room 12)

7:30pm

11:00pm

Nirkoda Israeli Dance (Beyt Knesset)

Friday, January 3, 2025 • 3 Tevet 5785

4:45pm			Candle Lighting
7:30pm	9:00pm		Kabbalat Shabbat Service

Shabbat, January 4, 2025 • 4 Tevet 5785

Parshat Vayigash

9:00am

10:00am

Torah Study (Library & online)

10:15am

12:00pm

Shabbat Morning Service

5:54pm

Havdalah

Last Week

Next Week

Fri, October 31 2025 9 Cheshvan 5786

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Congregation Etz Chayim

Sunday, December 29, 2024 • 28 Kislev 5785

Monday, December 30, 2024 • 29 Kislev 5785

Tuesday, December 31, 2024 • 30 Kislev 5785

Wednesday, January 1, 2025 • 1 Tevet 5785

Thursday, January 2, 2025 • 2 Tevet 5785

Friday, January 3, 2025 • 3 Tevet 5785

Shabbat, January 4, 2025 • 4 Tevet 5785

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